Into the Groove

I feel like this week we are really getting back INTO THE GROOVE. I have attached some fun pics from the last few weeks. Asa is really ALMOST walking. We stand him up and rest his back against the couch, and sit a few feet away from him. This morning he took three steps, stopped and continued standing for a few seconds, and then took three more steps to us. It is amazing how quickly he understands the concept once he trusts himself. He is also not afraid of anything. He will climb onto the couch, and sit, and then look over the edge sometimes falling off onto the floor. He is going to be our little dare devil, out on the skateboard with dad before you know it. I suspect plenty of injuries in his future!

This picture is of Asa wearing a sweater that my mom knitted for him.

Here is me at 20 weeks with Asa, and the pic below it is me at 20 weeks today. And YES i am wearing the same nightgown :). As a reminder i am now 25 weeks, so this is a few weeks ago. I still can't believe at 27 weeks starts the 3rd trimester!!! I was actually in Walgreen's today and two woman asked me when i was having the baby, and i told them October, and both said that they assumed i was due much later then that. i must be hiding the baby pretty well i guess?

The next is a picture of Adam reading to Asa...sweet huh?

This picture is just a sweet one of Asa playing in our fountain in the back yard on the deck. On Adam's birthday he actually pulled the fountain over on top of him self...it scared me to death!

This picture is after Adam's dad's funeral of Adam's family.

Here is just our family.

This is one of the days we were at Adam's moms house last week. Almost every night we were there the whole family took a walk to the park right up the street from their house. It was Asa's first experience in rocks. He LOVED them. Although i think a lot of them ended up in his mouth.

We don't really have any extravagant 4th plans this weekend. Saturday, Adam's boss is having people over at his house on Lake Minnetonka for a BBQ and boating. I think Adam is going to bring his wake board and attempt to be 20 again. Sunday or Monday we are going to go to my mom and dads to swim in the pool. Besides that we don't have anything going on. Hopefully we will get some rest. I think i have had a touch of a cold the last week or so, so i need to get some sleep and relax.

Charles Eugene Heeren

Last Friday Adam's dad Chuck passed away. He was diagnosed with ALS 6 years ago, and the disease finally brought him to the Lord. His funeral was yesterday and it was a beautiful service and lunch with lots of friends and family. We have spent every day since Friday over at the Heeren home with the rest of Adam's family. It has been nice to spend so much time with them and reminisce about Chuck. On Fathers Day, the Heeren family was able to come over to my parents house and swim for the day as well. It was so fun to have all the brothers over, and Andrea, and the nieces over to all swim in the pool. They all loved it and we were even able to get a crazy game of water volleyball going. I think it was also nice for Andrea to get out of the house, as her life for the past 4 years has been devoted to taking care of Chuck at their house. I was able to help the family by scanning all of Andrea's albums with every picture of Chuck. Adam and i put together 12 photo boards for the funeral, and i made a 15 minute video slide show of pictures and memories of Chuck.

Today is Adam's birthday! Bittersweet huh? 27 years old...I got up really early and snuck into the kitchen to make him blueberry french toast, then woke him up and brought him in for a gourmet breakfast! We are going to take Asa to the community center outdoor pool today and swim, and then tonight we are going to go to Benihana with his entire family to celebrate for dinner. Glad it is a sunny day for his birthday.

Appts and New Blog

These are cell pictures so not the best quality.
Asa helping me do laundry, by taking it all out of the basket.

Practicing walking by hanging onto the couch.

Happy boy in the morning.

We had a doctor appointment yesterday and i had to take the glucose test. I am not sure why everyone dreads this test...unless you do not have a sweet tooth, because i love the drink! My glucose and hemoglobin checked out a A-OK, which means i don't have to go back to do the 3 hour glucose test. Babies heartbeat was 152, and when the doctor was using the Doppler to hear the heartbeat, the little baby was MOVING LIKE CRAZY. Dr blamed it on the drink. I didn't know that the drink had 50 grams of sugar in it! I gained a whopping 4 lbs...haha. So far only 6 lbs gained. By this time last pregnancy i think i had gained 26! What a change. I keep waiting to go into an appointment, step on the scale, and have them tell me i gained 10+ lbs that month. Last pregnancy i had a 10 lb, 11 lb, and 10 lb month consecutively! All the signs made my Doc believe this one will be a girl...who knows though. I have had itchy feet, acid reflux, a twitchy eye, and little weight gain. All different then my last pregnancy, including feeling nauseous the first 10 weeks or so.

All is well around the house. I have to post good quality pictures soon, i know! Here are some changes around the casa:

My tummy is growing, and i feel baby kick all of the time!

Asa can stand on his own for about 20 - 30 seconds.

Asa took two steps a few weeks ago when we were practicing walking between Adam and I

Asa got his first top tooth on the 10th. He now has two bottom and one top.

The dogs are doing wonderful, although they can't escape the wrath of Asa grabbing hair!

Our deck is almost done. It is all finished, except we don't have steps. With the rain it has been a bit difficult to complete.

My work schedule is now Mon, Wed, Thurs. It is nice to get out of the house and work a regular schedule!

Besides that, all is good around our house. We love the summertime, and having people over to grill and play some lawn games.

White Castle Candles

Anyone know of anyone who has one of the white castle candles? They sold out SO fast from the stores, and are not getting anymore until Christmas! If you know of anyone who has one, and want's to sell it, LET ME KNOW :)

FYI, it's not for me, it would be given as a gift :)

Pool Time!

Being that it has been SO hot out the last few days, we bought Asa a pool and he LOVES it! He would sit in there all day if we let him. This was taken from my cell, so the quality isn't so great.

Smoke!

Adam and I were laying in bed last night watching a movie when all of the sudden i asked Adam if he smelled smoke. I know that being pregnant i can smell wet dog from 3 rooms away, or smell dirty feet from across the room. He sat up and sniffed and said he smelled smoke too. He walked into the hall and opened Asa's room, and said "Ana!" (in a very alarmed voice) i jumped up immediately thinking there was smoke coming from Asa's room! I walked into the hallway and saw smoke in the hallway. I followed Adam's voice into the kitchen, and looked to see that the dishwasher was smoking!?! I started opening doors, and windows to try to let the smoke out, as Adam went into the garage to get the fire extinguisher. We weren't sure once the dishwasher door opened if there would be a fire or what. Adam opened the door and there was not a fire, just a little more smoke. We weren't sure what was going on? I told him that i had pushed this Air Dry/Lock button on the dishwasher once it was running, because Asa was trying to push the buttons on the washer. I thought this would lock the buttons. This is the only thing i could think of that would cause this to happen. Adam ran the dishwasher today and everything ran fine and no smoke. I guess we will not be pushing that button again!

After we settled down and climbed back into bed after the ordeal, i was trying to calm my heart and my nerves, and all of the sudden i realized that Caeda was not in bed with us. Panic again...and we were both up searching for Caeda. For a bit we had all of the doors open (back, front, garage, and basement) so we searched the house thoroughly and couldn't find her. We thought she could have gotten outside. By the way, it was about 10:30 and pitch black outside at this point. Adam went out the garage to search and i went out the back door. I looked off of the deck, and there she was sitting right to the side of the deck. (We don't have any steps on the deck yet) She must have jumped down from the deck and couldn't get back up.

After all was said and done, we had no fire, and our family was safe...what a nightmare.

The biggest God point of them all, was that this happened the day Adam got home from his weekend trip. The night before he left we heard noises in the house sounding like someone was coming in our house, only to have Adam investigate and find it was the wind opening and closing the storm door. I can't imagine either of those things happening when Adam was gone!

Sunshine and Weekends

I am so grateful for the sun we have had this week. I hear that on Sunday it is supposed to be around 90 degrees! FOR REAL!!! Adam leaves this weekend for a men's retreat with church. He is going to the retreat with my dad and my two brothers. I think it is going to be a really great experience for him, however am not necessarily looking forward to him being gone another weekend. My mom and i are going to get together and do something and i think i am going to stay overnight there so that either of us has to be alone :) Ali's hubby is gone this weekend too so i think we might hang out also:). I am working right now, and am off at 3, and am excited to get home and hang out on the deck that is ALMOST done. Just a few more railings need to go up and it will be complete!